Farm-gate.



PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

J. R. GOODE. FARM GATE.

APPLICATION FILED sam. 24, 1907.

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FARM GATE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1901.

PATENTED FEB.18, 1908,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. GOODE, OF WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNW. ELY, OF WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

FARM- GATE Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed September 24 1907. Serial No. 394,271.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. Own, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and Stateof'Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements inFarm-Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists in certain novel features and details ofconstruction as will be more fully described hereinafter and finallypointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide a gate which will be simple inconstruction, efficient in its workings, cheap to manufacture and at thesame time durable.

With these objects in view I will now describe myinvention, referencebeing -had to the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improved gate in its normal orclosed position, and Fig. 2, is a erspective view of the gate, showingit part y 0 en and elevated.

Similar etters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings. I

A, represents the main hinge post, B, the latch post and C, the gateproper, which is constructed practically as shown; the bars a, beingheld between the uprights b, and secured by means of lag-screws, boltsor in any other suitable manner, but in such a way as to permit the gateto be elevated to any desired height each screw or bolt acting as apivot. The uprights b, are made of two pieces, allowing the bars to passbetween them, as is more clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Pivoted to both sides of the rear upright is a supporting rod 0, whichreaches to and around the front upright and is adapted to engage with arack d, the purpose being to support the gate and hold it while in anelevated position and also prevent sagging. Guides e, are secured onboth sides of the cerciter upright for retaining the supporting r0 0.

Movably secured between the bars of the gate proper is a locking barf,held in position by means of bolts or any other suitable means, whichpass through slots g, at or near each end of said locking bar. Aconnectingrod 72., is pivoted to one of the gate bars at one end and tothe locking bar f, at its opposite end. The purpose of this connectingrod h, is to move the locking bar outward and keep the gate locked at altimes when in its normal or elevated position.

Secured on the post B, are strips 5, which are broken or separated neartheir centers for permitting the locking-bar f, to pass in between them.Pivotally secured to the latch post B, and opposite to the breaks in thestrips 6, are pawls Z and Z, which are adapted to be moved vertically ontheir pivots and which are also adapted to engage the locking bar j,when the gate is in the closed or normal position and keep it locked.The upper sections of the strips 11, are provided with a series of holes7', for receiving a pin 7c. This pin is to prevent the gate from beinglifted too high by stock trying to pass under it while inan elevatedposition.

If it is desired to elevate the gate for any purpose, simply catch holdof the gate at or near the front end and lift it upward and thesupporting rod 0, will engage with the teeth in the rack d, and hold itat any desired height. Before the gate can be opened while in thiselevated position it must however be released and let down into itsnormal position, so that the locking barf, can be disengaged by thepawls allowing the gate to be swung into the open position.

This gate will be found to be most convenient for many purposes andreasons; particularly during the winter when heavy snows are lying onthe ground and for allowing small stock to pass backward and forwardfrom one field to another and at the same time preventing the largerstock from going through.

Having described my invention what I claim is A farm-gate constructed'ofa series of bars and uprights, a supporting rod secured to both sides ofthe rear upright passing around the front upright and engaging a racksecured on said front upright, a sliding locking-bar adapted to be movedlongitudinally by means of the connecting rod, strips formed in upperand lower sections, secured on the latch-post and provided with a seriesof holes in the upper sections thereof for receivin a pin for preventingthe gate from being ifted, together with pawls pivotally secured to thelatch post opposite interval 1 hand and afiixed my seal in the presenceof betwien thia sections in the strips for engagtwo subscribingWitnesses. in t e 100 m ar Whi e in the normal or logked positior i,all-substantially as and for JOHN GOODE 5 the purposes shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention, I havehereunto set my Witnesses:

BOYD E. WARNE, MARK M. DECKER.

